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fowl! Teal may be seen in nearly all the winter 
months amongst the Coot at the Sacred Lake at 
Karnak, and at many other places guarded by 
the Antiquities Department. Mr. Nicoll writes: 
“Several hundred Teal winter on the lake in the 
Gardens (Zoological). In some years a few of 
them arrive as early as the latter part of August, 
and they have been known to stay as late as the 
8th of May.” 
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